** Thursday 26th Daily Chat** - One Day closer to the weekend :)

Pooky

I do the fruity thing with Rum instead of brandy, bung the raw fruit in with equal amount of sugar to fruit and swirl around every week or so until the sugars dissolved....it needs at least 3 months to mature and you can either take the fruit out and use it in a flan or a jelly and strain the rum through a muslin cloth to make it nice and clear or leave it in and enjoy the chewy bits.

clairewop

this one pooky

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wine-Making-Homebrew-Starter-Equipment-Kit-6-Bottle-NEW_W0QQitemZ390106014470QQcategoryZ38172QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6125665546622941079#ht_2020wt_1110

Burlesque_Babe

scaredy_cat wrote: »

bb, do you strain the fruit out at all?

no, just leave it in the bottle whilst it's being drunk and then take it out at the end

pepe2008 wrote: »

Between her teeth by the sounds of it:D:p

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pepe2008

Pooky wrote: »

Have been trying to crochet a flat circle and it's not working....I'm getting soooooo annoyed with it and it's now got to the " I will keep going until I ruddy well suss it out" stage....not even sure what I want to do with a crocheted circle but it's the sheer principle of it.

Crocheted table mats are nice ( especially round ones) Pooky will love to help I'm sure.:D

clairewop

dh families are big drinkers so i thought hm wine and flavoured vodka would go down a treat in a hamper and surely would be cheaper than a decent bottle of wine bought from a shop?

Burlesque_Babe

pepe2008 wrote: »

Crocheted table mats are nice ( especially round ones) Pooky will love to help I'm sure.:D

shouldn't you be in bed by now rather than being mischievious?

whatatwit

Dishcloth pattern link, just to show I'm not totally lala.

pepe2008

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

shouldn't you be in bed by now rather than being mischievious?

Yes Dear! just settling Sophie ( Sadies sister ) as she's been dropped off here for the weekend.

You just get back to your distillery:p

I've still got some elderflower champagne left over and will be making my cider press next week.

edit, for those who dont know Sadie and Sophie are dogs, just

Ellidee

Twitty I don't quite know how to put this BUT dishcloths as an Xmas gift ? :eek:

whatatwit

Claire, flavoured vodka would probably be easier to make for this year and maybe aim for next year with the wine.
You can buy the cheap stuff and soak the labels off to gift it.